Adjustable bumper-bar for vehicles.



R. B. FAGEoL ADJUSTABLE BUMPER BAR FOR'VEHICLES.

APPLICATIDN FILED NOV. 21./1915.

1,175,348. 1 Patented Mar. 14, um.

A TT ORIVEYS.

RLLEE B. FAGEOL, F OAKLAND, .CALEFORNIA I -ADJUSTBLE BUMPEBf-BAR FOR VEHICL-ES.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mai'. i4, reis.

- application eieaivevember er, v1915. sriaiNo. 63,726.

Twill 'whomz'z 'may concern p it known that l, Roman B. FAGEOL, a

'citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county ot Alameda and' IState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adj ustable BumperBars for Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a specication.

The present invention relates to improvements in vehicle bumper bars and attaching means therefor, and the invention has tor its principal objects to provide a bumper adapted to be attached to the front projecting members ot the vehicle frame,

one which is capable of a. vertical`.adjust ment relative to its support thereby providing for the proper adjustment of the bar relatively to the ground. one wherein the liar is secured'to the spring supporting members by an adjustable connection whereby the bar is capable of attachment to vehicles having frames of various widths, and one which is capable of being easily attached' tion within thc scope of the claims may be resorted kto without departing trom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages t theI invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention,`

reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure boilinicnt oi1 my invention attached to the Jfront ends oi' a vehicle frame. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation ot Fig. 1. 'Fig 3 1 is a view in top plan of 'an eni-v diating from a common center and in which are received the teeth /or serrations on the brackets or bases.

Referring more particularly tothe several -iews of the drawings, the numeral 1 des` ignates the front end portions of the sides of the vehicle frame and which are preferably downwardly curved. Resting on the upper surface of each of the members 1 is a. supporting bracket or base 2, each curved on its under face as at 3 toy correspond Vwith the curvature of the inembers 1, and said members 2 are formed with the laterally disposed ears 3 provided with 'bolt receiving openings which are adapted to receive the ends of U bolts 4 which pass under the members 1 and secure the brackets or bases in' position thereon.

At head member or lug 5 extends up# wardly at right angles from the upper forf ward end of each bracket or base 2, and the same are formed on one face with the annularly disposed raised portion 6 providedwith the radially disposed teeth 7 and are provided centrally of said raisedportions with the transversely extending threaded bolt receiving openings 8. The teeth 7 are preferably disposed so as to face the opposite frame member when the bases or brackets are secured `in position on the.`

members 1. A

Coacting with each head member en ,lug 5 is the inner lend of a spring supporting member, or arm 9, formed with a bolt re# ceiving opening' 10 surrounded by the'an Anularly disposed indentations vor depres- Vtends through each is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 o" Fig.` 1, disclosing the adjustable connection between the bumper bar and one of the supports. Fig. 4l is an enlarged detail View of one ot the supporting brackets or bases, disclosing; 'the outwardly projecting teeth or scri tions arranged in a circle and radiatine from a common center. Fig. is an eulaigcd detail view oi the inner endof one of the supporting arms', disclosing the recesses therein arranged in a circle and rasions 11 which radiate from the center of the opening 10. A headed cap'screw 12 eX- of the openings 10 and threads into the threaded opening 8 ot'the respective head-membersor lugs 5 and seI cure the spring arms 9 thereto. i The outer portions of the supporting members or arms 9 are 'curved or bowed outwardly beyond wthe outer side faces of their respective frames, as at 13, and at their ends are curved or turned inwardly toward each other to provide alined endportions 14: which extend at approximately right angles to the members 1. The outer alined end portions 14 of the members or arms 9 are received in the channel 15 provided in the rear face of a suitable bumper bar 16 which extends transversely of the' vehicle trame and projects at each end beyond the sides thereof, as ,in Fig. 1. The end portions 14 oi the arms 9 are longizudinalljf sio'ied as ai. to receive the ends of bolts 18 which pass through Clie bumper bar 16. The bolts eaeli pass through a piae 18/ reeeived in elle ebannel and earry a nut 19. By forming the arms 9 of a u 1li substantially tbe same as thai oif ehe channel l5, The ends le liereo when received in said eliannel will provide a rigid support for the bumper bar.

The slos l? provide means whereby the bumper bar and supports are adapted for securingl to vehicles havingframes of Various Widi'lis, and the adjustable connection between the bases 2 and die inner ends of the spring` supporing members enable the bumper bar to be adjusted vertically and to be retained in its adjusted position by the tightening of the cap sei-eus 1Q which force Jdie ieili T into i'lie depressions il.

l have provided a bumper which pable of being manufactured ai: vliiie Cost, one which is capable oi being easily and quickly aaelied to anyY maire or' Vehicle haring the forwardly' exten-ded frame meer bers and without, altering the iframe? one u'liieii is adapted oradjusment to mee the reipiiremenis oi" Vehicles o' various Widths and is adjustable vertically for proper positioning relasii'e to lie road surface and is capable of beine artaelied Without the services of a siilled mechanic.

By forming' the arms 9 as in the drawings and conslruetingg' the same of spring ma,- terial, I provide a support 'which forms a `ifieldable connection between the bumper bar and 'vehicle iframe and one which Will Yield to sudden shocks or strains before beeomin 0' bent or broken.

Haring thus described my invention what is eaers L agent is l. fin combination with the side frame nembers of a vehicle, a bumper comprising spring supporting arms one attached to each of said frame members and projecting ai; heir forward ends beyond the ends of said frame membe s, the outer ends of said arms being-bent or curved outwardly andetlienee inwardly toward each other to lie "at substantiallyv right angles to said frame members, the said arms formed in their forward ends with longitudinal slots, a bumper bar extending transversely of the vehicle frame and formed in its rear surface with lungiu tudinal Channel adapted for receiving the forward ends of said arms, and means eX- tending through said bumper bar and into the slots in said arms for securing the bumper bar thereto.

2. in combination with the'side frame members of a vehicle, a bumper comprising spring' supporting arms one attached to each of said frame members and projecting at their 'forward ends beyond the ends of said frame members, the forward ends of said arms being bent or curved outwardly and thence inwardly foward each other to lie at substauially right-angles to said frame members. a bumper bar extending transrei-self,r of the vehicle frame, and means for adjustably securing` che forward ends oi` said arms to said bumper bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this speoieation in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Roman n. manon eiaim as new and desire to proteet'by Le;-

llliinesses Hanny A, TOTTEN, D, B. RICHARDS. 

